A critical time for medical education: The perils of competence-based reform of the curriculum

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-246

  Malone, Karen ^a   Supri, Salinder ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Änderung Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Competence based education; Curriculum change; Curriculum development; Curriculum reform; Medical education; Scotland; United Kingdom; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; TEACHING; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; SCOTLAND; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859268461     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-010-9247-2     Document Type: Article

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